Our asshat nominees this time out included an Illinois school teacher and his coterie of enablers/supporters, two television networks, and an unhinged Hollywood actor with more cuts than a Thanksgiving turkey.
Surprisingly, the Illinois educator takes the crown. I guess we simply have learned to expect asshattedness from the other candidates and we hold public school teachers to a higher standard. Results after the break.
David Burk, the consumer education teacher at Geneva High School in Geneva, Illinois wins the asshat crown for reportedly asking several different classes he was teaching how they would feel about "...your tax dollars going to pay some black fag in New York to take pictures of other black fags?" After a student filed a complaint, Burk was let off with a warning from the school board, and cheers from the comment section of the local paper.
Here are the voting results for this...
Surprisingly, the Illinois educator takes the crown. I guess we simply have learned to expect asshattedness from the other candidates and we hold public school teachers to a higher standard. Results after the break.
David Burk, the consumer education teacher at Geneva High School in Geneva, Illinois wins the asshat crown for reportedly asking several different classes he was teaching how they would feel about "...your tax dollars going to pay some black fag in New York to take pictures of other black fags?" After a student filed a complaint, Burk was let off with a warning from the school board, and cheers from the comment section of the local paper.
Here are the voting results for this...
- 10/20/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
Last weekend's Equality March in Washington D.C. got me to thinking about how far we have — and haven't — come in the fight for gay equality. But since AfterElton.com focuses on pop culture, I'm going to look at things through that lens and leave the political analysis for Pam's House Blend, Americablog, Bilerico and the other assorted gay political websites that cover the topic.
One of the very first times American television addressed the subject of gay men (bisexuality was almost never addressed) was way back in 1954 when the L.A. based tabloid talk show Confidential File presented "Homosexuals and the Problems They Present." Hmm, I'm guessing it wasn't terribly flattering unless it was about how boring straight people looked in comparison to us 'mos.
San Francisco's public TV station did the first ever documentary, The Rejected in 1961 and it wasn't until 1967 that a television show first featured a gay storyline.
One of the very first times American television addressed the subject of gay men (bisexuality was almost never addressed) was way back in 1954 when the L.A. based tabloid talk show Confidential File presented "Homosexuals and the Problems They Present." Hmm, I'm guessing it wasn't terribly flattering unless it was about how boring straight people looked in comparison to us 'mos.
San Francisco's public TV station did the first ever documentary, The Rejected in 1961 and it wasn't until 1967 that a television show first featured a gay storyline.
- 10/16/2009
- by michael
- The Backlot
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